Kyle,

Welcome to the porch and welcome to Portland.
Kerry
(Who lives in Vancouver and works in Hillsboro, go figure)

At 11:13 AM 1/10/02 -0800, Kyle Accardi wrote:
>Well, I guess it's time to indroduce myself.
>
>Graduated Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY (USA) in
>'91 with a BS in Film/Video Production.  Moved out to Portland, Oregon
>the same year with my SO (Not sure about the MBO part).  Worked as a
>grip/electrician on a few feature films but that proved too unsteady to
>make a living at.  Unemployment was my friend.
>
>Subsequently, developed a life-long appitude working five years as an
>audio repair tech: stereos, guitar amps, pro gear.  Good fun, but when
>we bought a house, it was obvious that a tech's salary wouldn't cut it.
>
>Soon after, I was a contractor (read temp) for a year at Intel for my
>Linux knowledge. Been unemployed since last Fall, gonna decide what I
>want to be when I grow up real soon now.
>
>I stumbled across this list about a month ago while googling for info
>about the Stanley #4 I just picked up at a thrift store.
>
>I've always loved tools.  At first, I was encouraged by my pop to follow
>his footsteps as an electronic engineer, later I gathered the basic tools
>for playing with cars, these days, remodeling the house is keeping me busy
>and has brought about an unholy confluence of tailed deamons.
>
>Yesterday, I picked up a few books at the local Woodcrafter store (not to
>be confused with Woodcrafters here in Portland.  Similiar idea, but they
>stock more lumber and molding).  The books?  "The Workbench Book" and
>"The Toolbox Book".  Wow.
>
>Knew I needed a better storage solution for the accumlating diverstiy of
>tools and was thinking about a roll-around mechanic's toolchest.  Until
>yesterday.
>
>Now, it's obvious, my life is in ruins.  I don't yet have a collection of
>woodworking hand tools to justify such a box, but I hope to, and don't know
>how to plan.  Also picked up a vise to mount to the crappy bench that came
>with the house.  Problem is, I'm supposed to start building a bathroom 
>vanity
>(okay, the "obeyed" part comes into play), but how can I possibly do it
>correctly with such a discombulated shop?
>
>Don't answer that, I'll wing it and learn.
>
>Cheers,
>Kyle Accardi
>
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